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2 Corinthians 10:2

So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.

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In The King James Version

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

In Context

1But I myself, Paul, am begging you, through the meekness and modesty of Christ. I am certainly, by appearances, lowly among you, yet I have confidence in you, even while I am absent.

3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh.

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Cross References

Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

1 Corinthians 4:18Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.

2 Corinthians 12:13For what is there that you have had which is less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injury.

2 Corinthians 13:10Therefore, I write these things while absent, so that, when present, I may not have to act more harshly, according to the authority which the Lord has given to me, for edification and not for destruction.

Ephesians 2:2in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 10:2-7

The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God… Read the whole commentary →

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